93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)

The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

Service in World War II

The 61st Surgical Hospital was a 100 bed field hospital. It was converted to a 400 bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital with a staff of 40 doctors, 43 nurses, and 6 administrative officers.

Timeline
  • 1942–1943 – Training at Fort Meade, Maryland
  • April 1943 – Embarkation at Camp Shanks, Orangeberg, New York
  • April 15, 1943 – Depart for North Africa aboard USS Mariposa
  • April 23, 1943 – Arrival at Casablanca, Morocco
  • May 1943 – Relocated by train to Oran, Algeria at camp Goat Hill
  • June 1943 – Tizi, Algeria
  • July 1943 – Palm Beach, Algiers, Algeria
  • July 13, 1943 – Gela, Sicily in Operation Husky
  • July 25, 1943 – Pretralia, Sicily
  • August 1943 – San Stephano, Sicily
  • September 15, 1943 – Paestum, Italy
  • October 2, 1943 – Montella, Italy
  • October 1943 – Avellino, Italy
  • October 24, 1943 – January 9, 1944 – Piano de Ciazzo, Italy
  • January 1944 – Naples, Italy
  • January 23, 1944 – Anzio, Italy as part of Operation Shingle
  • January 29, 1944 – Nattuna, Italy with the 95th Evac
  • April 17, 1944 – Caserta, Italy
  • Additional locations in Italy
  • August 9, 1944 – Naples, Italy and embark
  • August 15, 1944 – Operation Dragoon D-Day H-6 landing St Maxime, France
  • Additional locations in France
  • December 19, 1944 – Bischwiller, Germany
  • Munich, Germany

Personnel
  • Colonel Currier, Commanding Officer
  • Major Thompson, Executive Officer
  • Major Franklin George Fry, Chief of Medicine and Registrar
  • Chaplain McMillan
  • Lt. D'Imperio
  • Major Etter, Evacuation Officer

Operations and Battles

Operation Husky
Operation Shingle
Operation Dragoon
Battle of the Bulge
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See also
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